Jim Warren

“Urgency Denial” Must End – Winston-Salem Journal Oped by Jim Warren

January 17, 2009

By Jim Warren. Severe climate changes are occurring at an accelerating rate. Our planet is in crisis, according to the world’s top scientists, and corrective measures that are proven, feasible and economically beneficial — mainly energy efficiency — need to be implemented now.

San Antonio Chooses Efficiency Over Nukes – San Antonio Current

December 24, 2008

Stockings filled with coal come by the Wyoming trainload to feed the furnaces powering CPS Energy’s plants. But impending federal regulation of carbon emissions is causing utilities nationwide to wrestle with alternatives.

Millions of US Green Jobs – NRDC

June 3, 2008

New Report: Millions of US Workers Stand to Gain from Green Industries. Today’s Job Skills Will Be Essential in Tomorrow’s Clean-Energy Economy.

Green Jobs Soar in Germany – RenewableEnergyWorld.com

April 8, 2008

Renewable Energy Jobs Soar in Germany By Jane Burgermeister RenewableEnergyWorld.com Tuesday 08 April 2008 Vienna, Austria – Renewable energy jobs in Germany shot up to 249,300 in 2007, almost double the 160,500 green jobs in Germany in 2004. According to revised government figures, as many as 400,000 people could be …

CO2 Levels Already 10% Too High – Hansen Team Study

March 31, 2008

See the full study, Target Atmospheric CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? http://www.columbia.edu/~jeh1/2008/TargetCO2_20080317.pdf See the one-page summary of this study: https://www.ncwarn.org/Programs/NewCoalPlants/TargetAtmosphericCO2Summary.pdf

Hansen to CEO Rogers: Energy Corps Using Big Tobacco’s Playbook – News Release by NC WARN

March 31, 2008

Citizen Action Coalition of Indiana NC WARN: Waste Awareness & Reduction Network News Release Contact: Grant Smith 317-205-3535 March 31, 2008 Jim Warren 919-416-5077 Climate Expert Says Energy Chiefs Have Stolen Big Tobacco’s Playbook New study says carbon levels are already too high; NASA’s Hansen urges Duke …

Greenville NC shows efficiency works! – The Daily Reflector

March 24, 2008

It’s official: Greenville Utilities Commission’s energy-efficiency program for new home construction actually works, and quite well. Faculty members in the East Carolina University Department of Engineering conducted a study, commissioned by ElectriCities, to examine the effectiveness of Greenville Utilities’ E-300 program.

Cliffside is Too Costly – News Release by NC WARN

February 28, 2008

Ruling could spell end of Cliffside project since Duke Energy admits it’s too costly to build a single coal-fired unit.

Study on Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Issues in Women – The New England Journal of Medicine

February 1, 2007

Thanks to Dr. Zell McGee for providing the overview of this study. From the New England Journal of Medicine, 2007, “Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events in Women,” by Miller, KA and Siscovick, DS, et al. This study examined the health effects of fine particulate pollution …

Particulate Pollution Limits – Nature

November 16, 2006

Thanks to Dr. Zell McGee for providing the overview of this study. “The Politics of Breathing” by E. Marris has been published by Nature, 2006. Both sides in a US pollution dispute claim that science is on their side. Emma Marris explains how environmental laws have forced them into this …